- randomly booted gauntlet 4, I have no idea what's going on- I can cheese enemies diagonally around blocks and the "AI" is incredibly retarded as they just get in line to get slaughtered- some sprites flicker and disappear I can't tell if it's a bug or intended like the enemies are using spells- some enemies seem to teleport through blocks and I also can't tell if it's a bug or intended- health is ticking down even without taking damage, I guess it's intended so you have to complete dungeons on a countdown?- some floor tiles flash but nothing happens when walking on them- going up and down floors just reset everything so you can farm keys infinitely, what's the point of exploring then- the layouts are fixed and not randomized it seems so is it just a game where you're supposed to memorize the maze and then go through the floors as quickly as possible- is this considered diablo's ancestor or something, it seems just as mindless, idk what I expected I know I should just read a manual but you ever boot random retro games and just feel really confused with how weird retro design can be?
>retarded as they just get in line to get slaughteredthat's the pointlikeliterallythat's literally the point manstopped reading there, fuck
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>>12164401was it made stupid on purpose or is this just outdated design because retro devs didnt know any better? really dumb game anyway
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>>12164415its an arcade style game. number go up. but be careful, your health number go down. eat food to make number go up.
>>12164385Mowing down waves of enemies with friends is the point, dude
>>12164385>Gauntlet IVOne of the finest, most pristine music you can find on a Sega Genenis.
>>12164415>was it made stupid on purposeSort of, yes. It's based on the design of an arcade game that was one of the worst offenders at eating your money.Like your life constantly going down. Well guess what - another quarter is 500 life.
>>12164385I've never actually played IV, but assuming it's like the first two arcade Gauntlets, it's a very simplistic game. You run around, kill shit, and try to collect as much treasure as possible before you game over. If you don't get the appeal, that's OK, because I'm not a big fan of the early Gauntlet games either.
>>12169890there's a RPG mode where you can backtrack between floors and four different dungeons, a hub with merchants etcthe fact that you can backtrack means you can farm keys which is weird, but now knowing the arcade root i guess they just slapped half baked mechanics on top, arcade mode makes more sense
>>12169907I see. I kinda thought !V was pretty much just a Genesis port of I and II.
>>12169910It literally is a port of Gauntlet 1 in spite of the numbering, but the RPG mode is new as an alternative to the arcade mode.
>>12169907what is at the end of each dungeon? and does anything special happen for completing all 4? i feel like i have a vague memory of a dragon or tiamat or something when my older brothers rented it.
>>12172263yeah dragons
>>12164415In the original arcade games your health continuously drained so you gotta go fast
